Maria Enriquez de Luna

Maria Enriquez de Luna (1474-1539) was the wife of Juan Borgia and the Duchess of Gandia. She was the niece of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, and she was married to Pope Alexander VI's son as a part of a political alliance between Aragon and the Papal States; she was neglected by her womanizing and drunkard husband, who was murdered in 1497.

Biography
Maria Enriquez de Luna was born to the House of Trastamara in 1474, and she was first cousins with King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile. In 1492, she was betrothed to marry Pope Alexander VI's son, Juan Borgia, Duke of Gandia and Captain-General of the Papal Army, as a part of a political alliance between Spain and the Papal States. She married Juan in January 1493, but on the night before the wedding, Juan went whoring through Barcelona, and Queen Isabella refused to watch the ceremony after discovering this. Juan did not even accompany Enriquez to Rome when she arrived there to meet the Pope, and the Pope was angered at his son's mistreatment of his wife. They had three children, with their son Juan being the father of Saint Francis Borgia. However, she regarded her marriage as empty, confiding in Lucrezia Borgia, who was in an empty marriage to Giovanni Sforza. After Pope Alexander's death in 1503, Enriquez and Queen Isabella attempted to press murder charges against Cesare Borgia for the murder of her husband. She died in Gandia in 1539.